Retired Canadian national soccer goalie Stephanie Labbe and Coaching Association of Canada CEO Lorraine Lafreniere were visiting a school in Richmond, B.C., to talk about improving mental health supports for youth athletes.
After they finished their presentation they opened the floor up to the students and Lafreniere was taken aback at the vulnerability and insight of their questions.
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The school visit was part of CACSA国际影视传媒檚 Mental Health and Sport project that encourages coaches and athletes to talk about mental health issues. That campaign included the promotion of its Mental Health and Sport Resource Hub, a free online portal that provides coaches with the tools and information to support themselves and their athletes.
CAC reports that over its first year of existence that hub has been accessed by over 200,000 coaches and had over 10 million impressions. Lafreniere will always remember that small gathering of teenagers, however.
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The CAC reports that since the hub was launched a year ago it has been accessed by over 208,284 coaches and members of the sport community. Made possible by financial contributions from the Public Health Agency of Canada, the hub has been frequently updated and expanded with new resources and languages, including Arabic, Chinese (Traditional), Denesuline (Chipewyan), English, Farsi, French, Inuktitut (South Baffin), Plains Cree, Punjabi, and Tagalog, to increase accessibility and inclusivity.
Lafreniere said that the CAC is continuing its call for expertise and resources to continue building the hub, ideally with topics pressing to CanadaSA国际影视传媒檚 youth.
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Other initiatives in the CACSA国际影视传媒檚 Mental Health and Sport project include a calendar on the hub for upcoming free events on mental health and National Coaching Certification Program workshops, a mobile app, and on-site activations at sport community events like the Arctic Winter Games, Canada Winter Games, North American Indigenous Games, Indigenous Hockey Championships, and the Canadian Boccia Championships.
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